Jamie Calendine was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison for the involuntary manslaughter of Shane Hillis and tampering with evidence.

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Jamie Calendine sat stone-faced as the younger sister of the man he killed recounted their childhood. As he was led in handcuffs from a Licking County Common Pleas Courtroom, Calendine was crying.

Calendine, 36, was sentenced Wednesday afternoon to eight years in prison by Judge David Branstool. Branstool's courtroom was filled with friends, family and supporters of Calendine and of his victim, 40-year-old Shane Hillis, of Thornville.

In November 2012, Calendine struck Hillis in the head during a fight outside a Hebron bar. Hillis never recovered from his injuries and died in January ...